ATC Test 1 Questions & Answers
2024/2025
National Airspace System (NAS) identify what it is - ANSWERSAir navigation facilities, equipment and
services, airports or landing areas, aeronautical charts, information and services, rules, regulations, and
procedures, technical information, manpower and material, Anything associated with aviation
component of the NAS - ANSWERS- system components shared jointly with the military, every person
and thing required to successfully get a plane from one location to another
- Components:
o Airspace and ATIS
o NAVAIDS
o Airports or Landing Areas
o Aeronautical charts
o Rules, regulations and procedures
o Personnel and equipment
airspace divided into different classes - ANSWERS- Nation's airspace is divided into several different
classes, each class has unique different dimensions and operating rules for pilots and controllers.
- Certain other airspace areas are designated for military use and national security, and are referred to as
Special Use Airspace
- A,B,C,D,E,G
ATS Routes - ANSWERS- Various types of routes and airways used by pilots for navigation
- VOR airways (Victor airways, RNAV "Tango")= are used for navigation below 18,000 ft. MSL
- Jet routes, and RNAV "Q" routes= are used for navigation between FL180 and FL450
what is NextGen - ANSWERSModernization program, represents an evolution from a ground-based
system of air traffic control to a satellite-based system of air traffic management, meeting future
demand, avoiding gridlock in the sky
, What Department of the Federal Government does the FAA fall under - ANSWERSdepartment of
transportation, managing the NAS
ATO - ANSWERSAir Traffic Organization
- Ensure safe, efficient operation, maintenance, and use of the air transportation system, maximize utility
of airspace, increase system safety, capacity, and productivity
What part of ATO is ATC within - ANSWERS- EnRoute, Terminal= (TRACON, TOWER), and Flight Service
Number of ATO Service Areas - ANSWERS- ATO Service Areas= Western, Central, Eastern
Types of ATC facilities - ANSWERS- 3 types of ATC Facilities
o Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS)
o Terminal - Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) -Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON)
ATCT - ANSWERSuse air/ground communications, visual signaling, and other devices to provide ATC
services to aircraft operating in the vicinity, authorize aircraft to land or take off at the airport controlled
by tower or transit tower-controlled airspace, may also provide approach control services
ATCT Positions - ANSWERS- Possible 6 positions in tower (Flight Data, Clearance Delivery, Local control,
tower coordinator, tower associate)
Terminal - ANSWERSuses radar and non-radar capabilities to provide control services to aircraft arriving,
departing, and transiting airspace in terminal area, may serve one or more airfields, and control is
exercised primarily by direct pilot and controller communication, divided into sectors or airspace,
location varies depending on the concentration of air traffic in geographical location
Terminal Positions - ANSWERSFour positions (Radar flight data, radar associate, radar controller, radar
coordinator
